Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 10-13-2012 01:33 AM
Astronauts Vance Brand, Bob Crippen and John Young pose near the nozzle of a solid rocket booster at Thiokol's Wasatch Division near Brigham City, Utah, before the third SRB test firing (DM-3) on October 19, 1978.
Ed Hengeveld
Max Q Member
Posts: 399 From: Whyalla South Australia Registered: Mar 2007
posted 10-13-2012 01:47 AM
Cool image mate....
Philip Member
Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
posted 10-13-2012 05:06 AM
How long has NASA required test firings of the SRBs? I believe these were performed through the whole STS era...
heng44 Member
Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 10-13-2012 09:34 AM
I believe there was an initial series of test firings at the beginning of the program and again after the Challenger disaster. Later there may have been incidental tests to check out major modifications to the SRBs.
LM1 Member
Posts: 667 From: New York, NY Registered: Oct 2010
posted 10-14-2012 09:51 AM
This photo shows the enormity of the Space Shuttle system, if this is just one of the boosters. Very impressive photo.